U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes the Baylor women’s NCAA championship basketball team in the Oval Office at the White House April 29, 2019 in Washington, DC. ` (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Americans by a 2-1 margin believe President Trump committed crimes before he came into office, but they are split on whether he violated the law while serving in the White House and most oppose impeachment.

A new Quinnipiac University poll found that 57% of Americans say Trump committed crimes before he reached the White House. Some 28% say he didn’t and the rest don’t know.

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Americans are evenly divided on whether Trump broke the law while in office, with 46% saying he has and an equal number saying he hasn’t.

A healthy majority of those polled also believe Trump tried to thwart the probe into alleged Russian collusion with his presidential campaign.

Trump’s approval rating came in at 41% compared to 55% who disapprove of his performance as president.

Among other hot-button topics, the poll found Americans by a 48%-33% margin support adding a question about U.S. citizenship to the 2020 census. By a near-unanimous 91%-6% margin they favor making it illegal to fire anyone based on their sexual orientation or identity.